LEADER 03720nam 22006972 450 001 9910781977203321 005 20151005020623.0 010 $a1-107-22864-6 010 $a1-139-12513-3 010 $a1-283-31640-4 010 $a1-139-12372-6 010 $a9786613316400 010 $a1-139-12863-9 010 $a1-139-11361-5 010 $a1-139-11797-1 010 $a0-511-86261-X 010 $a1-139-11580-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057636 035 $a(EBL)803101 035 $a(OCoLC)763158010 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000555254 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11353183 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555254 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10518048 035 $a(PQKB)11628518 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511862618 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC803101 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL803101 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10506217 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331640 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057636 100 $a20101109d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe origins of the Shi??a $eidentity, ritual, and sacred space in eighth-century Ku?fa /$fNajam Haider$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 276 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in Islamic civilization 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-42495-X 311 $a1-107-01071-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart one: Narratives and methods -- Ku?fa and the classical narratives of early Shi?'ism -- Confronting the source barrier: a new methodology -- Part two: Case studies -- In the name of God: the Basmala -- Curses and invocations: the Qunu?t in the ritual prayer -- Drinking matters: the Islamic debate over prohibition -- Part three: The emergence of Shi?'ism -- Dating sectarianism: eary Zaydism and the politics of perpetual revolution -- The problem of the ambiguous transmitter: ritual and the allocation of identity -- The mosque and the procession: sacred spaces and the construction of community -- Conclusion. 330 $aThe Sunni-Shi'a schism is often framed as a dispute over the identity of the successor to Muhammad. In reality, however, this fracture only materialized a century later in the important southern Iraqi city of Kufa (present-day Najaf). This book explores the birth and development of Shi'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows how the early Shi'a carved out independent religious and social identities through specific ritual practices and within separate sacred spaces. In this way, the book addresses two seminal controversies in the study of early Islam, namely the dating of Kufan Shi'i identity and the means by which the Shi'a differentiated themselves from mainstream Kufan society. This is an important, original and path-breaking book that marks a significant development in the study of early Islamic society. 410 0$aCambridge studies in Islamic civilization. 606 $aShi??ah$zIraq$zKu?fah$xHistory 606 $aShi??ah$xHistory 607 $aKu?fah (Iraq)$xReligion 615 0$aShi??ah$xHistory. 615 0$aShi??ah$xHistory. 676 $a297.8/20956747 700 $aHaider$b Najam Iftikhar$f1974-$01495684 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781977203321 996 $aThe origins of the Shi??a$93719879 997 $aUNINA